Chapter 2: Spreading Wings (Part 2)
The elder Shi Qinyong lived up to Luo Yi's expectations, and came up with a proper way that afternoon, tying the letter of meeting and peace talks with Lu Qin to the siege crossbow and shooting it into Yi County. The next day, the defenders sent a team to reply that their general had promised to meet the guests from Youzhou at the send-off pavilion on the banks of the Yishui River at midnight tomorrow morning, with four guards and twenty followers each, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were not allowed to come within five miles of the pavilion.
"Drop-off kiosk? So far away! Your general is quite exquisite! Luo Yi was very annoyed by Lu Qin's request, and said with a frown. In the name of his tiger general, even if he meets in his own camp, he will not take the opportunity to embarrass a junior. The other party threw each other into a field twenty miles away from the city with a piece of paper. Not to mention that it takes a lot of effort to go back and forth, the Youzhou army still has to make some preparations in advance, lest when the two sides are talking happily, the broken pavilion that has been standing for an unknown number of years suddenly collapses and crushes everyone to death.
"My general said that the weather is hot, and it is an honor to be able to drink tea and enjoy water with my predecessors by the river!" The Boling Army messenger, who was wearing the color of the team's formal uniform, owed a debt and explained with a smile.
On his side, he wrote with crossbow arrows, and the enemy sent someone to reply to the letter. In terms of courage, the Youzhou army has fallen behind. Therefore, although he hated Lu Qin for being troublesome, Luo Yi reluctantly agreed to the other party's request. He also took the initiative to invite the defenders to send an envoy to inspect the surrounding situation before Lü Qin's arrival, and if they felt that their safety was threatened, they could break the contract at any time.
"General Huben was my way to the Great Wall, and he would never do the act of kidnapping tickets for ransom. Therefore, there is no need to send envoys to inspect, tomorrow, my general will definitely arrive! The envoy was very bold and directly rejected Luo Yi's kindness.
"That old man will be waiting for your general in the send-off kiosk tomorrow!" Luo Yi smiled generously and ordered someone to send the messenger away.
When the people came far away, the Youzhou army immediately began to prepare. Liu Yifang personally led a sentry to search the area around the guest pavilion for ten miles. He cut down all the bushes, and smoked all the holes and broken kilns found in the nearby fields, until he was convinced that there could be no assassin to hide, and then he put his heart back in his stomach.
After some on-site investigation, the generals found that the send-off kiosk is really a famous attraction. The soldiers of Youzhou originally thought that it was just a vulgar thing built by a vassal of a rich man in the countryside, but only after seeing the inscription on the stone tablet at the foot of the pavilion did he know that this pavilion was actually built in the Three Kingdoms era, which was made by Emperor Wu of the Northern Wei Dynasty when he went on an expedition to Karasuma to commemorate the Qin warrior Jing Ke. It is rumored that the location of the pavilion is the location where Jing Ke boarded the boat and went away. To this day, there are still "strong men who are gone!" in the vicinity. The ancient rhyme lingers in the sound of the waves.
"This Lu Qin will pick a place!" After listening to the report of his subordinates, Luo Yi looked at the enemy general a little higher. Yan Zhao is a generous and tragic person, even if he is a failed hero, he will be respected by everyone. The contrast between the strength and weakness of Youzhou and Boling today is just like the strong Qin and the weak Yan of the past, and Lu Qin's choice of the Sending Ke Pavilion as the negotiation location has already shown that he will not give in to Luo Yi.
"The general must beware of his reckless moves!" After listening to the allusion to the send-off kiosk, the elder Shi Qinyong couldn't help but worry about the safety of his coach. At present, although the attack of the Youzhou army is blocked, its strength is far higher than that of the other party. If Luo Yi is injured by thieves at this time, the military spirit will inevitably be greatly affected, which will lead to the loss of previous achievements.
"Okay, although the old man's body is not as good as before, he is not afraid of an unknown young general. Besides, if he dared to come to my camp to deliver the letter in person, he would not be a puppet who used indiscriminate means. If we are too careful, he will laugh at it! Luo Yi smiled and shook his head, his eyes full of appreciation for the enemy.
"The marshal said that it was Lu Qin himself who came to reply to the letter?" Cao Yuanrang and the others couldn't believe their ears, and asked with round eyes.
"Of course it's him!" Luo Yi exclaimed, "An ordinary team leader, can he make a decision for the general to inspect the scene in advance?" The old man felt strange at first, but unfortunately he woke up late. The afterlife is terrible, the afterlife is terrible! Among the young people of our Youzhou Army, we can't find such talents! ”
"It's just the courage of a horseman. Once he falls into us, won't his soldiers be leaderless! Cao Yuanrang saw that the coach was doing his best to grow his ambitions, and muttered sourly.
"Is the old man's character so unbearable in your eyes?" Luo Yi raised his eyebrows and asked. "Get out of here and get twenty military sticks yourself, something you don't know!"
Cao Yuanrang, who was scolded, didn't dare to fight back, and obediently went out to find a fight. The gaze of the tiger general Luo Yi swept over the faces of the generals under his command, and he felt more and more that he lacked talents under his command. An unknown young general in the Boling army can actually say the words 'I plugged the Great Wall in the past', which not only complimented the opponent, but also blocked the opponent so that it could not be overshadowed, how could Cao Yuan make this kind of sycophant compare with Cao Yuan? Even if his son Luo Cheng is in the same situation, he may not be as calm as this person. The so-called strong generals have no weak soldiers, and if you look at this person's bearing, you will know what a hero his commander was back then. Fortunately, Li Zhongjian died early, otherwise the Youzhou army would have really encountered a strong enemy.
With a heart full of love for talents, Luo Yi left early the next day and went to the send-off kiosk in advance to wait for the juniors of Yixian County. Just when he thought that the other party was too timid to go to the appointment, he saw a flat boat go down the river, and more than 20 young students in military uniforms shook their oars and went straight to the small hall. And the team that replied yesterday was standing at the bow of the boat, and began to bow to Luo Yi from a distance.
'Boys are cunning, too!' Tiger General Luo Yi cursed in his stomach and got up with a smile. In order to prevent the Boling army from deceiving, Liu Yifang deliberately brought 500 light cavalry to ambush several miles away. If Luo Yi was in distress, as long as he held on for a quarter of an hour, the cavalry would be able to pat their horses and arrive. Unexpectedly, Lu Qin was not a bloody fool, and he actually got a boat to come to the appointment by water. If the Youzhou army tried to forcibly keep the guests, he only had to jump on the boat and row to the opposite shore in the blink of an eye. How many cavalry to send to chase after it is only for the sake of looking at the river and sighing!
In a moment, the boat has been connected with the pavilion base. It was not Lu Qin who stepped forward to greet Luo Yi. A large man stepped out of the crowd behind him and leaped into the pavilion.
"You!" Without waiting for the Han Dynasty to report his name, the four generals Cao Yuanrang, Xia Jun, Zhou Zixiong, and Zheng Yuan had already protected Luo Yi in the center. The twenty Youzhou guards who were on guard more than ten steps away around the pavilion also immediately drew their swords in their hands, ready to rush forward to meet the enemy at any time.
The situation in front of them couldn't help but make everyone nervous, Luo Yi and the four henchmen around him were all strong men who were one in a hundred, but they were still half a head shorter and half a shoulder narrower than the people who came. Coupled with the other party's black beard, he looks like a reincarnated King Kong. Once he stepped forward to commit murder, Luo Yi, who was already more than half a hundred years old, might not be able to defeat him.
The person who came did not follow the tension of Youzhou at all, stood upright, attached his hands to his heart, took a step forward, raised his fists and eyebrows, bowed twice, and then withdrew his hands to touch his forehead, bowed a third time, and said: "The younger Li Zhongjian has heard the name of General Huben for a long time, and often hates not having the opportunity to be taught in person. See you today, happy life! ”
Then put your hand on your heart, take a step back, and meet the other person's face.
"Good, good, good Li Zhongjian!" Forcibly suppressing the turbulent waves in his heart, the tiger general Luo Yi was upright, straight, first accepted the other party's big blow, and then attached his hands to his heart, hugged his chest, bowed down slightly, and returned the salute with the elder's courtesy, "The old man always thought that you died on the south bank of the Yellow River, and I regret it very much." I never thought that you would cheat your name and sneak back to Boling! ”
"Countless people are looking forward to the death of their juniors, so the juniors have to stop and rush back. Worried the seniors! Li Xu explained with a smile, and then made a circle again, "The generals have been waiting for a long time!" Li is really guilty. I hope that everyone will think of each other's officials in the same dynasty, and Hugh will have to see it like a rough man like me! ”
'If you're coarse, we'll all be pigs!' Cao Yuanrang and the others scolded in their hearts, but they had to return the salute with a smile. Today, they came out to negotiate with Lu Qin on the premise that Li Xu had died in battle and that the six counties had no owner. Now the owner of the six counties personally went to the send-off pavilion to meet with Luo Yi, and it was clear that he wanted to ask Youzhou Jun about the crime of bullying orphans and widows while others were away. So what's the point? It's better to hurry back to the barracks and pull the team out, and see the real chapter with a knife and a shot.
"You are guests from afar, and I, as the host, have to do my landlord's friendship. There is no good wine in the army, so please take care of it, general! Ignoring the embarrassed faces of Luo Yi and the generals under his command, Li Xu waved his hand to the boat, "Serve the wine and food, and wait for me to personally pick up the wind and dust for Luo's seniors!" ”
"No!" Lu Qin, Zhang Jiang, Wang Xuba and Guo Fang agreed, carrying two low tables, several jars of wine, and several food boxes landed one after another. The twenty guards did not step forward to help, and watched as Lu, Wang and the others emptied the food, and gently propped it up to the shore with a penny, and the boat went to the middle of the river like fallen leaves. Anchor and oars, as quiet as a virgin.
"Old General, please take a seat!" Li Xu smiled and stretched out his arms and gave way to Luo Yi as a guest.
"General Li, please!" Even though there were a thousand kinds of unhappiness in his heart, Luo Yi, the general of the Tiger Ben, couldn't lose and lose, and responded with a smile.
The two sides sat down with four retinues of their own hands standing behind them to serve wine. After the two marigolds were full, Li Xu ordered someone to come forward and hold Luo Yi's wine cup to his side, pour out half of each of the two wines, put them in the same cup and mix well, and then divide them into two halves, and then carry the wine jar to both sides to fill it again. One was handed over to Lu Qin and sent to Luo Yi, and the other was raised with his own hands, the same height as his eyebrows.
"For the old general's life!" Li Xu raised his eyebrows and toasted.
"For General Lee's birthday!" Luo Yi nodded, raised his eyes, and replied.
After such a red tape, the surprise in his heart has slowly subsided. The other party said well, countless people were looking forward to his death, so he had to sneak back to the territory. As one of the snoopers in the six counties of Boling, Luo Yi is indeed not qualified to accuse others of deliberate deception. Moreover, when Lu Qin replied to the letter yesterday, he kept saying 'my general'. The one who can be called 'my general' by him is not Li Xu.
To blame, this matter can only be blamed on the scouts in the Youzhou army, and the meticulous skills are too poor, and they have not heard any clues about Li Xu's deception and sneaking back. Therefore, the whole of Youzhou has always preconceived Lu Qin as the protagonist of today's meeting, which in turn led to the passivity of the entire negotiation situation.
"The younger generation passed through Jixian County when they went to sell goods outside the Saiwai. I heard from the old general's sentence from the mouth of the infantry captain, 'Man is not a beast, and he does not need famous blood', and he was deeply encouraged. Later, when he joined the army, he always used this word to encourage himself. Therefore, it is natural to call the old general a senior, and ask the seniors to drink this cup to be respected by the juniors! Li Xu picked up the second glass of wine and persuaded him with a smile.
When he drank the first wine, he had already proved with practical actions that it was impossible to poison the wine, so Luo Yi would not suspect that he was harboring evil intentions, so he raised the wine cup and drank it all.
In front of both the guest and the host are silver chopsticks, shiny and neat. Li Xu finished persuading the wine, and then persuaded the food, not treating the tiger general Luo Yi as an intruder at all. The more enthusiastic he was, the more embarrassed Luo Yi felt. Reluctantly took a few mouthfuls of delicacies from the mountains and seas, put down his chopsticks, and said with a smile: "The old man always thought that General Li had been martyred, so he ......"
"If the younger generation is martyred, the six counties will be handed over to the seniors to govern, and they must be the most assured!" Li Xu interrupted Luo Yi's words with a smile, and was polite in his words. "If the juniors could have spoken to the old general earlier, we wouldn't have caused so much trouble with each other. But the road is not safe, and Boling is too far away from Youzhou. So it led to the revival of Youzhou and the public, which is really unintentional! ”
"Well, well, this is an old man's faux pas!" Luo Yi was so suffocated that he could barely breathe, coughed a few times, and responded. "General Li gives me a clear word, what are you going to do in the future!"
The other party has a senior, of course he can't just say, 'Boy, I'm going to merge the six counties under your rule!' You've got to get acquainted! Otherwise, don't blame the old man for being ruthless! So just kick back and listen to how Li Xu is going to end this fight. Anyway, the Youzhou army has already arrived in the city, and whether Li Xu, the master, is here or not, he can't let tens of thousands of soldiers and horses easily return to the garrison in a few words.
"The younger generation has already gone to the imperial court, and Yang Tong, the king of Shenyue, Duan Da, the doctor of Guanglu, Yuan Wendu, the secretary of Taifu, and Hu Benlang colluded with Liu Changgong to be a thief and deliberately murdered. I think Your Majesty is the son of the Holy Tomorrow, and I will not ignore this matter! Li Xu didn't seem to understand what Luo Yi was asking, thought about it, and replied.
"If Your Majesty wanted to avenge you, he would have ordered Liu Changgong and others to be cut down a long time ago! Why wait until now? Luo Yi saw that Li Xu still had delusions about the imperial court, and couldn't help but wake up.
After killing Duan Da and others, there would be no soldiers in the hands of the imperial court to deal with the Wagang people, so Li Xu and his brothers could only die in vain. This is the fundamental reason why Jiangdu has been pretending to be confused, Luo Yi and his henchmen have long analyzed it, and they don't believe that anyone will bother to administer justice to a helpless and unreliable general. Moreover, since the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, Li Xu is not the only one who has died in the hands of his own people. Similar things have happened repeatedly, from the first emperor to the present, at most a scapegoat to appease people's hearts, and never dealt with the real mastermind behind the scenes.
"I am a great Sui courtier, and I can only ask Your Majesty to call the shots. Others bear me, but I can't start a war! Li Xu sighed and responded faintly.
"How many days can Da Sui hold out?!" Luo Yi couldn't get used to Li Xu's mother-in-law, so he blurted out the words of reprimand. After finishing speaking, I realized that I was unconsciously taken into the ditch by the 'honest man' in front of me.
The so-called asking His Majesty to call the shots is purely a pretext from Li. There is such an excerpt sent to Jiangdu, in order to calm his anger, Yang Guang will definitely comfort him with gentle words, and even give him an official and a knight. Although the officials of the Great Sui Dynasty seem to be worthless, for him Li, it is equivalent to reconfirming his management of the six counties of Boling. The imperial court could no longer send a new person to replace a loyal and just-wronged governor, and the southward march of the Youzhou army became a veritable rebellion, and it became more and more morally untenable.
"As long as the Great Sui exists, I am the minister of the Great Sui. It is the responsibility of the people to protect the territory and the people, and we dare not make mistakes! Li Xu arched his hand to the south and continued to pretend to be a loyal minister.
"Then the old man just failed Jun En and plotted against him. Attack your colleagues and bully the weak! Luo Yi couldn't suppress the anger in his heart anymore, and slapped the table while roaring.
He was not a gentle-tempered person in the first place, and since Li Xu landed on the shore, almost every word has forced him to the upper hand. If it has been suppressed for a long time, it will naturally erupt. Cao Yuanrang, Xia Jun, Zhou Zixiong, and Zheng Yuan were not good at matching, and seeing that the coach was about to tear his face with the other party, he simply pulled out a knife from his waist. As soon as Luo Yi gave an order, he rushed forward to bargain with Li Xu with his weapon.
"Hey!" Wang Xuba sneered, crossed his arms, and squinted at each other.
"Hey!" Lu Qin pursed his lips, picked up the wine jar, and continued to fill the marigolds for the general and the guests, ignoring the bright sword light.
The two sneers sounded in Luo Yi's ears more powerful than the thousands of armies shouting in unison. That gesture, that look, was clearly a contempt for him, who had plugged the Great Wall in the past, and for the entire Youzhou army. Thinking about him for half his life, when has he been so underestimated? It's a shame to throw home! Therefore, he had to suppress his anger again, hold the table with his hand, and command in a low voice: "Put away all the blades." General Li can kill three in and three out of tens of thousands of troops, will he be afraid of a few of you who will hit the crops? Take it, don't make it a joke for others. The skills of our Youzhou Army should be used on the battlefield, not in this place! ”
"General Yu, before you returned, I had already seen the power of the Tiger Iron Cavalry on the battlefield!" Lu Qin put down the wine jar and saluted Li Xu with his back to Luo Yi.
"How? I have always dreamed of being side by side with General Luo, and I will be under the wolf. I didn't expect you kid to be luckier than me! Li Xu smiled at the corner of his mouth, half envious, half mocking.
"It's a pity that those good men under Lu Mou didn't die at the hands of Hu Ren!" Lu Qin looked up to the sky and sighed, with endless regret and unwillingness in his words.
"What did you say!" Luo Yi was enraged again, stood up, and shouted loudly.
"Lu said, it's a pity that those good men under my command didn't die at the hands of Hu Ren!" Lu Qinhu had tears in his eyes and responded loudly, "It's a pity that the Great Wall was plugged back then, and now he will only rob in his own house and wave a knife at his former colleagues!" ”
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